Pachno 1.0.6 Wiki TextParser XML External Entity Injection
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Pachno 1.0.6 contains an XML external entity injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by exploiting unsafe XML parsing in the TextParser helper. Attackers can inject malicious XML entities through wiki table syntax and inline tags in issue descriptions, comments, and wiki articles to trigger entity resolution via simplexml_load_string() without LIBXML_NONET restrictions.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40042
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5j7x-7mp7-c5xc
References
Advisory 1
More Pachno vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-28887 Pachno 1.0.6 FileCache Deserialization Remote Code Execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-28883 Pachno 1.0.6 Unrestricted File Upload Remote Code Execution CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-28882 Pachno 1.0.6 Open Redirection via return_to Parameter CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2023-25648 A vulnerability has been identified in Pachno 1.0.6 allowing an authenticated attacker to… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2026-28884 Pachno 1.0.6 Cross-Site Request Forgery via State-Changing Endpoints CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-28881 Pachno 1.0.6 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Parameters CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-40042 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-40042 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5j7x-7mp7-c5xc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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